The Daily Telegraph

Pressures on GPS

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SIR – As the debate regarding general practice continues (Letters, September 13), two points do not seem to have been considered.

First, many households will be rightly proud that family members will shortly take up their hard-won places at medical school. Of this cohort of undergradu­ates, approximat­ely half will complete their training in general practice.

Secondly, British doctors have a significan­tly higher rate of suicide compared with the national average.

I am a GP, and I am overjoyed that neither of my twins has shown any interest in entering the medical profession. It means I will not have to suffer watching them try to pursue a career in general practice, or endure the political indifferen­ce, unrealisti­c public expectatio­ns, and media trolling that such a career entails.

Dr Myles Johnson Henley-on-thames, Oxfordshir­e

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